Whether you've been
cut to the quick, or you just can't kick a crafting or collecting habit, we'd love to know what you're up to this season.
"Do you think?" she asked,
cut to the quick by my callousness.
TWO episodes in and new sitcom Quick Cuts (BBC4, Wednesday), which is based in a hairdresser's, is grow r ing on me (I know, I deserve to be
cut to the quick for that).
In his recent career-spanning collection of essays, What Light Can Do, Hass's lyrical prowess and uncanny ability to
cut to the quick of a given work of art are loosed upon an enviably erudite bevy of subjects.
Like the author of Hebrews (second reading) who understood the power of God's word to
cut to the quick of all matters so as to lay bare the truth, the 12th-century doctor of the church Bernard of Clairvaux was similarly convinced.
He said: "South Wales, like the north east of England, will bear the brunt of the coalition's cuts, which will see public services
cut to the quick. I too am determined to reduce the deficit, but to do so by putting vulnerable people at risk and putting any chance of recovery and growth in jeopardy is just plain wrong.
In enterprise markets, parallel trends are challenging publishers that are seeing librarians with budgets already
cut to the quick having to adjust to reshaped enterprise priorities.
In enterprise markets, parallel trends challenge publishers, which are seeing librarians with budgets already
cut to the quick having to adjust to reshaped enterprise priorities.
Dialogue is
cut to the quick with surgical precision down to the characters' most vivid and basic thoughts and needs.
I'd only been looking at the menu for a minute when she decided to
cut to the quick.
The poignancy and heartbreaking descriptions of a mother whose child has been kidnapped
cut to the quick. The author's many years as a television writer and producer enable her to convey the circus atmosphere created by the media in such a situation realistically and brutally.
We laugh, but it is laughter
cut to the quick by the realization that each gag would have been better performed by the master.
